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Data, but no music from USB cd-rom

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A USB cd-rom supplies data but not music to a ThinkPad.
1) Store bought audio CD
2) Boot and program sounds heard OK
3) WMP starts normally when cd inserted
4) Speaker in systray – not muted
5) Double-click speaker icon, nothing muted
6) You can hear music playing if you plug a headset into the cd-rom port
7) Audio enabled in BIOS
8) Still no music when speakers plugged into TP

Any ideas?

Thanks!

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Could be copy protected CD

In reply to Data, but no music from USB cd-rom

You may be in posession of a CD that was encoded so that it couldn’t be ripped to MP3 by your PC. In otherwords; it’s probably not meant to be played on a PC. To verify this do the following:
1)Try playing another CD in the USB CD-ROM
2)Try playing the new CD in another PC
3)If #2 didn’t work, try playing the CD in a regular CD player (Boombox etc.)
4)Bring the disk back to the store and then download the music from a Gnutella based server.

If the CD plays ok in another PC, then you have a different problem. Check the website of the manufacturer of the USB CD-ROM and see if they have any known support issues with the ThinkPad and look for updated drivers.

I hope this helps.

Thanks!

In reply to Could be copy protected CD

Thanks for your excellent points. I did not know about the anti-ripping technology. I am trying to help someone in the Dominican Republic, so it will take a few days to implement your suggestions.

Much appreciated,
TG

Reply To: Data, but no music from USB cd-rom

In reply to Thanks!

The CD you are using is not protected, because audio comes out of the headphone port. The problem is either in the USB card/motherboard not being wired properly. If you look at the back of an internal CD-ROM drive there is one connection for data,and there is a seperate connector for audio to the sound card. I suspect that the USB port is not connected to the sound card.

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